Health Affairs

Development Director - Health Affairs

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Development Director works with the Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief and Executive Publisher to manage grant development for the journal Health Affairs Reporting to the Executive Publisher, this position works closely with the executive leadership team and supports the Editor-in-Chief’s role as lead journal fundraiser by identifying and cultivating prospects; strategizing and implementing Health Affairs’ grant development program; writing grant proposals; setting up meetings with prospects; analyzing and maintaining donor data; communicating across editorial and business departments within Health Affairs in building the donor prospect pipeline and meeting project objectives.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Pospect Identification: Research prospects, network with donors and prospects, and serve as coordinator of prospect information in collaboration with the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Publisher. Additional prospect identification efforts include: determining ongoing relationships with prospects/donors; recommending purpose and level of donation; identifying staff to be involved in process; identifying and managing funding timelines and deadlines; and ensuring that solicitations are carried out.
2. Strategy and Implementation: Develop customized strategies for cultivation, solicitation, stewardship and recognition of funders. Schedule meetings with prospects for chief fundraisers at the journal: Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor, and Development Director.

3. Communications:
a. Create customized communications to prospects, including personalized acknowledgments and follow up contacts.
b. Lead the development of short-term and long-term fundraising plans and projections and provide status reports.
c. Coordinate information sharing between fundraising and editorial staff on prospects, objectives, and project deliverables.
d. Coordinate with journal finance staff on grant budgets and reporting.

4. Staff management:
a. Oversee work of Grants Associate in supporting the development work of the division, maintaining the grants database, and reporting to funders.

5. Other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree
2. 10 years’ experience working in major foundation and corporate grant development with a proven, successful track record of solicitation and cultivation of funders and demonstrated success through progressively responsible positions
3. Knowledge of health policy stakeholders and priority topics a plus
4. Experience interacting with high level individuals; strong interpersonal skills
5. Professional, diplomatic, reliable and highly organized
6. Detail-oriented, with strong follow-through skills.
7. Strong strategic planning skills
8. Exceptional verbal and written skills
9. Strong analytic and database skills
10. Ability to handle multiple projects at a time
11. Ability to be a team player and work in a dynamic work environment; must be flexible to changing priorities

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

 

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Associate Editor

 

The person in this position participates in the manuscript evaluation, review, and revision processes by reading manuscripts, identifying authors and reviewers, evaluating review comments, and working with authors to improve their manuscripts within established editorial guidelines.

 

The associate editor is expected to have and develop domain specific knowledge that is relevant to health policy, such as public health, economics of health care, health law, medicine or other clinical specialties, global health, or the social sciences.
The associate editor performs other editing and writing duties as assigned, collaborates with other editorial, communications, and business staff, and provides support as needed to promote journal content and events.

 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

 

• Read manuscripts and identify and invite peer reviewers to comment on assigned papers; read and evaluate these comments; write memos summarizing review outcomes; and make publication recommendations.
• Manage review process for assigned papers, monitor deadlines and maintain contact with reviewers throughout process.
• Review manuscripts for accuracy, presentation, adherence to editorial standards. Correspond with authors during revision process, making recommendations and offering guidance on writing, incorporating substantive comments from review process, and adhering to editorial requirements for length, readability, abstract, exhibits, endnotes.
• Monitor author deadlines, maintain contact with authors, answer queries pertaining to manuscripts, etc., through manuscript management system, e-mail and telephone communications.
• Evaluate revised papers, enforce style requirements, prepare papers for production through careful text editing.
• Assist copyeditors during production process.
• Research and complete writing assignments as needed, e.g., about the authors, short book reviews,.
• Participate in editorial meetings.
• Develop expertise in health policy by reading relevant news service summaries and news articles, journals, books, attending conferences/meetings, etc. • Develop contacts in the field through phone contact, working with authors and reviewers, attending meetings.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree. Advanced degree in public health, medicine, law, economics, or a related field is a plus
• Interest in health care and social policy/sciences
• Ability to translate complicated material into prose suitable for lay audiences
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals in many disciplines, in academic and policy communities
• Must be attentive to detail, analytical, and highly organized
• Able to work independently and within a team
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to adapt to changing needs.
• Able to juggle multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines
• Adept at using a variety of software packages (word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, databases) and Web applications

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ year’s professional experience
• Background in policy, health, or publications environment
• Editing experience.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment, able to use standard office equipment and must be able to communicate in verbal and written form.

 

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level

 

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Assistant Editor

 

The assistant editor provides administrative and editorial support to the editorial operation, coordinating manuscript review and revision, Health Policy Briefs, the Health Affairs blog, and taking on various writing and research assignments.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Manuscript review and revision
•Assist assigned editors with manuscript review
Invite reviewers
Maintain and track review due dates and follow up as needed
Communicate with deputy editors as needed regarding review due dates and appropriate follow up
Coordinate between assigned editors and the copyediting and production team to ensure smooth manuscript handoff
• Assist Deputy Editor with Health Policy Brief development and review
Communicate with Brief authors as needed about due dates and appropriate follow up
Invite reviewers
Reconcile reviewer comments

Blog coordination and support
• Support Health Affairs Blog Editor
Coordinate submissions to Health Affairs blog, tracking pieces and communicating with authors.
Evaluate and edit blog submissions to meet Health Affairs style and goals
Maintain working blog calendar

Reporting
• Write occasional People and Places features and handle other writing assignments as needed.
• Conduct interviews and do reporting as background to these pieces, which profile authors or places that are relevant to articles we publish.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA degree in journalism, social sciences, or similar fields.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience or interest in social sciences, public policy, health care
• Ability to deal effectively with demanding personalities
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to work under deadline pressure and juggle multiple tasks
• Ability to work both independently and within team settings

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• 3+ year's professional experience
• Background in policy, health, or publications environment
• Editing experience.

Qualifications and position descriptions can be found on our website. You may submit an online application at http://www2.recruitingcenter.net/clients/projecthope/publicjobs/